Biography
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George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1984
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Character: Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1943
The Eternal Jew
Character: Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1940
Land of Liberty
Character: Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
MOVIE • 1939
Doctor Syn
Character: Dr Syn
MOVIE • 1937
His Lordship
Character: Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
MOVIE • 1936
East Meets West
Character: Sultan of Rungay
MOVIE • 1936
The Tunnel
Character: Prime Minister of Great Britain
MOVIE • 1935
The Guv'nor
Character: François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
MOVIE • 1935
Cardinal Richelieu
Character: Cardinal Richelieu
MOVIE • 1935
The Iron Duke
Character: Duke of Wellington
MOVIE • 1934
The Last Gentleman
Character: Cabot Barr
MOVIE • 1934
The House of Rothschild
Character: Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
MOVIE • 1934
Voltaire
Character: Voltaire
MOVIE • 1933
The Working Man
Character: John Reeves alias John Walton
MOVIE • 1933
The King's Vacation
Character: Phillip, the King
MOVIE • 1933
A Successful Calamity
Character: Henry Wilton
MOVIE • 1932
The Man Who Played God
Character: Montgomery Royle
MOVIE • 1932
Alexander Hamilton
Character: Alexander Hamilton
MOVIE • 1931
Crew
